نحو
1 نَحَا نَحْوَهُ He went towards, or in the direction of, him or it. (
Msb,
TA.)
b2: Also, He pursued his (another's) course, doing as he did; or purposed his purpose.
b3: See عَرَضَ عَرْضَهُ, and شَدَا شَدْوَهُ; and see قَصْدَهُ.
b4: نَحَاهُ,
inf. n. نَحْوٌ, signifies [also] He purposed it, or intended it. (
MA.)
b5: نَحَوْتُ جِلْدَ البَعِيرِ, and ↓ أَنْحَيَتُهُ, I stripped off the skin of the camel. (
Msb,
voce سَلَخَ). See 4.
2 نَحَّى He put a thing aside, or away, or apart; (
Msb;) removed it from its place, (
Msb,
K,
TA,) placed it at a distance. (
TA.)
b2: He made a person to turn away, or withdraw, or retire, from (عَنْ) an affair.
b3: نَحَّى عَنْهُ الشَّىْءَ He put aside, or away, or he warded off, or removed, from him the thing. See 4.
4 أَنْحَى عَلَيْهِ [He leant, bore, or pressed, upon him, or it, with his body, hand, &c.:]
i. q. اِعْتَمَدَ; as also ↓ نَحَا. (
IAar,
TA.)
b2: أَنْحَى عَلَى
فُلَانٍ بِالسَّوْطِ [He attacked such a one with the whip], and بِالسَّيْفِ [with the sword]: and hence بِالتَّعْنِيفِ (
tropical:) he accosted him with harsh, or rough, behaviour;
syn. أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ. (
Har, p. 508.)
b3: أَنْحَى عَلَى الشَّىْءِ بِجَمِيعِ كَفِّهِ [He seized the thing with his whole hand]. (
M,
voce قَبَضَ [
q. v.]).
b4: أَنْحَيْتُ عَلَى حَلْقِهِ السِّكِّينَ I applied the knife to, or put it across, his throat, or fauces;
syn. عَرَضْتُهُ: and in like manner you say, نحى عليه بشفرته [but whether by this be meant نَحَّى or نَحَا is doubtful. (
TA.)
b5: See 1.
5 تَنَحَّى
He, or it, removed; withdrew; went, or moved, away, or aside; (
Msb;) or retired to a distance. (
TA.)
b2: تَنَحَّى (
TA, art. قعر,) signifies تكلّف ان يتكلّم كلامًا نَحْوِيًّا, i. e. تكلّف التكلّم على طريق النحاة. (IbrD.) 8 اِنْتَحَى
It fell, like a man's hand when he strikes with it upon his other hand; (
L,
TA, in art. ترح:) and, in prostration, he fell with his forehead to the ground, and rested upon his forehead, not upon the palms of his hands: mentioned by
Sh, from 'Abd-Es-Samad Ibn-Hassán, on the authority of some of the Arabs: so says
Az. (
L and
TA in that art.) نَحْوٌ The like of a thing:
syn. مِثْلٌ. (
TA.)
b2: Quantity, &c.;
syn. مِقْدَارٌ. (
TA.)
b3: A division, &c.;
syn. قِسْمٌ. (
TA.)
b4: نَحْوَهُ: see نَحَا.
b5: نَحْوُ الثَّلَاثَةِ About three.
فِى نَحْوِ ثَلَاثِ سَاعَاتٍ
In about three hours.
b6: عَرَفْتُهُ فِى نَحْوِ كَلَامِهِ and فى لَحْنِ كلامه and فى مِعْرَاضِ كلامه signify the same. (
Msb in art. عرض.) See the last of these,
voce عَرُوضٌ.
b7: اِتَّئِدْ عَلَى
نَحْوِكَ, i. e. أَوِّنْ عَلَى قَدْرِكَ [or مِقْدَارِكَ]: see art. اون.
نَحْىٌ
: see نِحْى.
نِحْىٌ A skin for holding liquids: (
K:) or for clarified butter: (
S,
Msb,
K:) as also ↓ نَحْىٌ, (
K.) شَدِيدُ النَّاحِيَةِ (assumed
tropical:) A hardy man. (
TA, art. عرض.) ذَاتُ النِّحْيَيْنِ
. Respecting what is said of the woman thus named, and of خَوَّات, in the
S, see شرد.
مُتَنَجٍّ
Going, or being, away from (عَنْ) a place, person, or thing.
b2: مُتَنَحًّى [A place to which to turn away, or back, from a thing; or to which one removes, withdraws, or retires afar off]. (
K,
voce مَنْكَصٌ.) See مَنْكَصٌ and مَحْرِفٌ.
نَاحِيَةٌ i. q.
جَانِبٌ
q. v., A side; a lateral, or an outward, or adjacent, part or portion. (
K, &c.)
b2: An apartment of a house. (
Mgh,
voce حَيِّزٌ.) And the
pl., نَوَاحٍ, The outer parts or regions of an animal. The
sing. may often be rendered A part, or portion, of a place.
b3: نَاحِيَةٌ is of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ, [meaning مَنْحُوَّةٌ, a part, or the like, or a point, towards which one goes, or directs himself; a point of direction;] because one goes, or directs himself, towards it: (
Msb:) best rendered as above; adding, or part, region, district, quarter, or tract, considered with respect to its collocation or juxtaposition or direction, or considered as belonging to a whole: a vicinage, or neighbourhood: and a part of a country, a region, district, quarter, or tract, absolutely; a district; a province: often best rendered a side; or a region, district, quarter, or tract: or a part of a place, an apartment: see حَيِّزٌ, in art. حوز.
b4: Also A limit, bound, or boundary: see two
tropical exs. of its
pl. (نَوَاحٍ)
voce حِنْوٌ, and another in a verse
voce رَسُولٌ: or a remote side;
syn. جَانِبٌ مُتَنَحٍّ: (
Kz, in
TA:) a tract of land. (
KL.) See أُفُقٌ and جَانِبٌ.
b5: عَلَى نَاحِيَةٍ
Beside, aside, or apart; like على جَانِبٍ and عَلى طَرَفٍ; and so نَاحِيَةً and فِى نَاحِيَةٍ, &c.: you say جَلَسَ فِى نَاحِيَةٍ مِنْهُمْ He sat aside, or apart, from them: and أَنَا فِى
نَوَاحٍ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ,
expl. voce شَفَقٌ. And فِى
نَاحِيَةِ كَذَا In the direction of such a thing: see أَشْرَى.
b6: هُوَ عَلَى نَاحِيَتِهِ He is keeping to his own side, following his own course: see جَدِيَّةٌ.
